Travis Kling: In the Fed Era, There’s No Such Thing as Market Fundamentals

While the Bitcoin price hasn’t reclaimed the crucial $60,000 level to reenter the previous 4-month trading range, Ikigai Asset Management Chief Investment Officer (CIO) Travis Kling thinks that the current bearish phase is not more than a “boogeyman.” Via X, Kling listed eight reasons to be bullish on Bitcoin. He stated: “NFA. I’m wrong often. The current “bearish” backdrop seems easier to look through and buy than most of the boogeymen we’ve had in these markets over the last 6 years.” #1 Rapid Bitcoin Liquidations By Germany Travis Kling observes that....

Travis Kling, Founder and Chief Investment Officer of Ikigai Asset Management, shared his insights on the current state of Bitcoin and the broader cryptocurrency ecosystem, which he described as following: “Bitcoin is ~10% off of ATHs and the timeline appears to be on the verge of cannibalism.” In a series of detailed posts on X, Kling dissected the complex interplay of macroeconomic factors, ETF flows, and internal market dynamics that are shaping the cryptocurrency markets. Why Is Bitcoin Trading Flat? Kling began his analysis by addressing Bitcoin’s performance relative to....

After Kevin Zhou, the co-founder of the hedge fund Galois Capital, revealed half of the firm’s assets were held on FTX, another crypto asset management firm called Ikigai detailed that “a large majority of the hedge fund’s total assets” were stored on FTX. Ikigai chief investment officer, Travis Kling, told the public on Twitter and he said there’s “a lot of uncertainty about what’s going to happen next.” Ikigai Chief Investment Officer Shares ‘Some Pretty Bad News’ Another hedge fund has detailed it has lost money from the FTX scandal, according to a Twitter thread published....

Amidst waves of concern surrounding the sale of Bitcoin by the US and German governments, industry experts have come forward to dispel fears, suggesting that these moves could be bullish for the market. Yesterday, the Bitcoin sector experienced heightened volatility following actions by two major governments. The German Federal Criminal Police (BKA) continued with its sales of Bitcoin, reducing its holdings from 50,000 BTC to 45,264 BTC. Concurrently, the US government transferred 4,000 BTC to Coinbase, likely aiming for liquidation, retaining a substantial 213,546 BTC in its reserves. Why....

Bitcoin price meanders near its low, apparently acquainting itself with long-term support. Chart technicals to one side today, as we consider the question “Do fundamentals drive price?” Today’s article considers the bitcoin price chart in context of similar speculative markets. The discussion focusses on the notion of fundamentals. The term fundamentals is used in its broadest sense, and not in the strict investment definition that refers to company balance sheets, work in progress, and so on. Although there are parallels between the bitcoin price market and other commodity markets, as....